External Advisory Board

The External Advisory Board provides guidance and feedback to UMIID leadership as they pursue their mission and vision for this world class institute at the University of Minnesota.

Daniel Douek, MD, PhD

Chief, Human Immunology Section
Chief, Genome Analysis Core
Program Director, PREMISE
National Institute of Health

Romas Geleziumas, PhD

Executive Director in the Virology Department
Gilead Sciences

Deb Houry, MD, MPH

Former CDC Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science

Ruth Lynfield, MD

State Epidemiologist and Medical Director
Minnesota Department of Health

Louis Picker, MD

Associate Director, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health & Science University

MAJ Kathryn McGuckin Wuertz, PhD

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States Army